The Colonel
Whether you believe the story or not, the picture has a story of its own to tell. This is Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle and he was a hand-to-hand combat expert. The story goes that he ordered Marine trainees to attempt to kill him with their bayonets, but he disarmed them all.
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Time To Nap
A rare scene of a Royal Air Force pilot taking a nap on two chairs. The pilot’s short rest between flights would afford him more awareness during the upcoming dogfights he would have to face.